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[james-will1]

could some one if possible tell me of any books written about people or persons who have just given everything up and bought a boat and just sailed away to sea without any experience please there must be some and would appreciate your help in this please as I would like to read these books

 

[Poignard]

"​Desperate Voyage" by John Caldwell

 

[maby]

"Shrimpy" by Shane Acton. I think it's out of print, but it is not too difficult to find a PDF with a few minutes of web searching.

 

[maby]

Follow-up - Shrimpy does not seem to be as widely available as it used to be - here's a link that is still working...

http://bluemoment.com/pdf/shrimpy.pdf

 

[james-will1]

i thank you for taking the time and giving me a couple of titles much appreciated

 

[Mrs FG]

Jimmy Cornell and his wife, Gwenda, didn't have much experience when they started - he's written several books, and Gwenda has written at least one.

 

[mdonnelly]

Breaking Seas by Glenn Dimato
He tried the dream!
A great read

 

[james-will1]

thank you very much for your suggestions mdonnelly will look into them

 

[james-will1]

they sound like they will be a good read so will have to see if I can get hold of them thank you mrs fg

 

[Budgieboy]

Halfway through The boat they laughed at Max Liberson .... Good read ....

 

[acheter]

http://bluemoment.com/pdf/shrimpy.pdf - working link.

 

[james-will1]

that realy good what you sent me am going to enjor reading all that after I can copy it if I can thank you for taking the time to send this ,

 

[skipmac]

There was a quite famous family among US sailing circles that bought a large cat and took off to cruise the world. Various misadventures but made it alive. They blogged the whole thing called themselves the Bumfuzzles.

https://www.bumfuzzle.com/

Bottom line, it can be done, some have done it but in my experience the odds are probably 40 or 50 to one against success. The huge majority of totally inexperience newbies that plan to or actually take off on major ocean voyages with little to no experienc fail.

The majority become overwhelmed by the magnitude of buying and prepping a boat for the trip. Many of those that actually do leave port end up abandoning the trip at the first stop or even calling for rescue and leaving the boat. Some end up sunk or wrecked, a few are lost.